The fragmentation of journalism

Summary: Why are so many questions being asked nowadays about journalism and journalists? Why are there so many investigations by researchers, so many articles by journalists, so many polls on whether or not we should have confidence in them? What questions come to the fore when researchers, professionals, a number of intellectuals and politicians write on this subject? That is the point of departure for this article, which provides an overview both of those issues which are being responsibly and urgently addressed and of those which are being ignored or even rejected as holding only secondary or marginal interest. Four main types of approach are favoured.Charon Jean-Marie, Ridel Pauline. The fragmentation of journalism. In: Réseaux. The French journal of communication, volume 2, n°1, 1994. pp. 37-53